If I had just one tear running down your cheek ( Read more... )

My heart is broken. I never understood the concept before now. It hurts. All I can tell people is "I don't know. I just hurt."

Failure is the result of unattained expectations. There are various conventional standards to define the term “failure,” like sixty-four and below on a test and you’re considered a failure; one point more and you’re on the winning side. Your team not ending up with the highest score at the end of a game, match, or tournament, is deemed a failure ( Read more... )

This week I am facing the ultimate in life-lessons - that is, the decision between choosing to follow either your heart or your head. It is no secret that all of us have certain yearnings and passions inside us that don’t necessarily coincide nicely with organizational planning or reality. Freud decidedly labeled two competing factions inside us ( Read more... )

Lately, I’ve been thinking about relationships and just what constitutes a meaningful one. First, I should probably start by defining just what I mean when I say “meaningful” because there seems to be quite some dissonance among people. By meaningful, I intend to convey a relationship that can afford you not just your immediate yens or desires or ( Read more... )

The one thing I’ve determined that I lack in my life more than money, or time, or even patience, is trust. But it’s hard to invest so much in someone when you’re at this age - 18, that is. By now, you’re old enough to know better if something goes wrong yet still inexperienced enough not to know. It’s the ultimate paradox and life stage more ( Read more... )

So I got my fourth Coaches Award (this one for Most Dedicated) and was named to the All-County League (or something like that, I don't remember the exact name). And I got to see all the guys again. Definitely one of the better points of this week that I would prefer to forget.

"Where do you go with your broken heart in tow ( Read more... )

I feel like shit. And that is putting in the nicest terms I can fathom at the moment. I feel like shit because I lost my position in the class. I feel like shit because I spent an entire swim senior swim season without the coach who meant so much to me. I feel like shit because as I was sorting out my life, a tenth grader was elected captain ( Read more... )

"Here I am once again ( Read more... )